Somewhere in here you guys kind of asked: how can you measure placemaking? One of the features I think of a place with a sense of "place" is simply: can I tell where I am? Do I remember anything about the space? That's not so hard to measure. Show a person a picture of a bunch of random locations and see what they can recognize. Implement some placemaking, let it sink in for a year, and try again. Control against another somewhat similar neighborhood without intentional placemaking.

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